September 2010

WATCH IT: OK Go "White Knuckles" (Trish Sie + OK Go, dir.)

Wrangling dogs into a precision choreographed music video is tricky. Pulling it all off in one take is insane. OK Go = The Definitive Music Video Band of the Viral Internet Era. --> watch "White Knuckles"

NEWS: Vid Rep Jen Herrera Forms Las Bandas Be Brave

Jen Herrera has announced the formation of her new company, Las Bandas Be Brave, which will be representing music video directors in both the U.S. and U.K.

Her launch roster for the U.S. includes the following companies and directors... Please visit lasbandas.tv for video links and more info

NEWS: The Directors Bureau Signs Sam Brown

The Directors Bureau has announced the signing of Sam Brown to its roster. He will be repped for U.S. music video work by the company's Lana Kim.

Key directing credits by Sam Brown include:

WATCH IT: Sleigh Bells "Infinity Guitars" (Phil Pinto, dir.)

The same juxtaposition of heavy menace and sweet melodies that makes Sleigh Bells work like a charm is similarly at play in this video directed by Phil Pinto. "Infinity Guitars" has singer Alexis Krauss and guitarist Derek Miller taking a walk on the wild side that culminates in a guitar inferno. --> watch "Infinity Guitars"

SHOT: Deftones - Jodeb, dir.

Director Jodeb (center, bottom) and producer Geoff McLean (left) with Deftones and the cast of "You've Seen The Butcher"... and it looks like the shot was taken after the butchery took place.

WATCH IT: Kelly Rowland "Forever & A Day" (Sarah Chatfield, dir.)

A casual and sunny pop video gets a bit of a twist, or a flick, via an interface that's swiped from your iPhone. Logos get tapped to trigger various edits; pinching makes things zoom in and out, etc, etc. Possibly not the kind of finger manipulation some Kelly Rowland fans have been dreaming about, but even they should admit it's a clever conceit. --> watch "Forever And A Day"

NEWS: 2010 MTV EMA Video Nominees

The MTV EMA's aren't quite the same thing as the VMAs, but a more general music award show put on by MTV UK. That said, there's a video category.

Here are the nominees for the 2010 MTV European Music Awards:

BOOKED: Times Of Grace - Robby Starbuck, dir.

artist: Times Of Grace
song: "Strength In Numbers"
label: Roadrunner
directors(s): Robby starbuck
production co: RSM
rep: Laure Scott
commissioner: Rick Ernst

WATCH IT: Red Line Chemistry "Dumb Luck" (Joshua Leonard, dir.)

Red Line Chemistry singer Brett Ditgen faces a firing squad in this video directed by Blair Witch Project actor Joshua Leonard. As befits that non-traditional lineage, "Dumb Luck" not only features zero band performance, but it has a twist that leaves you hanging until the very end. --> watch "Dumb Luck"

WATCH IT: Queens Club "Are We? Will We?" (Alex Purifoy, dir.)

Director Alex Purifoy unfurls a hypnotic array of motion graphics in this video for Queens Club. --> watch "Are We? Will We?"

Queens Club "Are We? Will We?" (Tooth & Nail) Alex Purifoy, director | Cameron Calder, art director/motion designer

September 2010

WATCH IT: OK Go "White Knuckles" (Trish Sie + OK Go, dir.)

NEWS: Vid Rep Jen Herrera Forms Las Bandas Be Brave

NEWS: The Directors Bureau Signs Sam Brown

WATCH IT: Sleigh Bells "Infinity Guitars" (Phil Pinto, dir.)

SHOT: Deftones - Jodeb, dir.

WATCH IT: Kelly Rowland "Forever & A Day" (Sarah Chatfield, dir.)

NEWS: 2010 MTV EMA Video Nominees

BOOKED: Times Of Grace - Robby Starbuck, dir.

WATCH IT: Red Line Chemistry "Dumb Luck" (Joshua Leonard, dir.)

WATCH IT: Queens Club "Are We? Will We?" (Alex Purifoy, dir.)

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Sunnan "My Love For You" (Nicolina Knapp, dir.)

No Floor "Keep Time" (Dan Fromhart, dir.)

Tyler Goldchain "All On My Own" (Coral Ortiz, dir.)

The Dissonance Theory / Soda Cracker Jesus "Stories That I Get To Tell Today" (Soda Cracker Jesus, dir.)

Hana Vu "Hammer" (Henry Kaplan, dir.)

Maria Chiara Argirò "Light" (Raoul Paulet, dir.)

Hybrid "BULA DITSELA" (Thabang Young, dir.)

Chris Pellnat "Wandering Squandering" (Chris Pellnat, dir.)

Reuben Cannon "Don't Forget" (PJ Germain, dir.)

Matracia "Favorite Ghost" (Tyler Jensen, dir.)

Visions of Hell "Visions of Health" (Matthew Lawrence & Daniel Lovegrove, dir.)

iönä "Tick Tick" (Glen Mountford, Iona Kohler Alven, dir.)

Christina Goh "Arts - Muses" (Baptiste Auffray, dir.)

Thrills & The Chase "A Special Place in Hell" (Roberta Fabruzzi, dir.)

John Presnell "Nursing Your Shadow" (Adam Barnick, dir.)

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